History and description

On 23 November 1958 a
Ghana-Guinea
Union was formed with a flag like that
of Ghana but with two black stars. In May 1959 it was announced that the
Union would be renamed Union of African States with a flag like that
of Ghana «with as many black stars as there were members».
In April 1961 Mali joined this union, so the flag
would have three stars from then.Mark Sensen, 20 Jun 2000,
quoting from [cra89]

(after May 1959)

reconstruction!

image by António Martins, 30 Sep 2000 |

According to French Larousse Great Encyclopedia (chapter Ghana),
the Union des Etats africains was born in 1961 when
Ghana chose to
get closer with marxist Guinea
and Mali. It is said that the Union was very
short. I first thought it lasted until Nkrumah lost power in Ghana
(February 1966: there was a coup while he was in Guinea, where Sekou
Toure had named him “co-president”). But French Quid Encyclopedia
says (chapter Guinea) that the project of Union Guinea/Ghana was born in
November 1958, and that a project of Union Guinea/Ghana/Mali existed in
December 1960. Well, if it was “very short”, I’d say the project was
stopped in 1962, when Guinea decided to have (temporarly) more
relationships with the United States and less with USSR. What is sure is
that the flag has never had more than 3 stars! But how were they displayed:
in "V"? a horizontal line?Olivier Touzeau, 20 Jun 2000